Chimaphita 
reason to nigral ‘ourselves on idnet accession to the isis 
mai of so — a diuretic’ ; a yet ssl divested in its ‘in- 
a roborant effect upon that organ, manifest! : : 
tite, and producing: very agreeable feelings in the piinee si soon after 
it is taken. Bearing in mind the good effects ascribed to uva ursi, in 
dropsy, by Dr. Ferriar, of Manchester, we may, from the’ facts now 
within our knowledge, together with the circumstance of the affinity 
of the plant to uva ursi, not hesitate to recommend the de 
of Pippsissewa as a valuable remedy in this disease, at least in con 
junction with the use of the lancet. Its reputed efficacy in nephri- 
tic affections, if it does not rest on as broad a foundation as the diu- 
retic virtue of the plant, should’ not be — il ‘asa topical 
— stimulant it is worth or ” furt investigation. particularly as o 
species of the genus to which this ‘are bassly’ belie ‘Pyrola ro- 
tundifolia, has been said to be esteemed by the Indians ‘for its 
blistering property.* This plant is likewise used in many yar 
of the United States, in cancerous abiettions. but it is is | titled. 
attention in such cases.+ ‘It is somewhat 
ie on 
“Remarks on he ite of the rate ake 
ormed by. Dr. “Hiwssls the so te of comparative anatomy, that upon oui 
the C. umbellata to cela A. Rodney, Esq. of Delaware ; it was recognised as a plant known in that state by 
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